By John-Paul Smiley What is the role for sociology going forward? What should it look like as a discipline? Discussions of this topic have become commonplace (see, for example, Flyvberg: 2001: Rutzou: 2016). The failure of the majority of researchers in… Read More ›
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Help us forge UK applied sociology
Help us forge UK applied sociology by Nick Fox and Marguerite Regan For the past 18 months, the British Sociological Association (BSA) group Sociologists outside Academia (SOA) has been focusing on the potential for careers working as applied or practical… Read More ›
Does Sociology need more systematic review?
A really interesting discussion here from Patrick Dunleavy: There are also now some very specific and increasingly influential methods for re-aggregating and re-understanding what whole literatures tell us. ‘Systematic review’ is an especially key approach now across the social sciences,… Read More ›
Sociological Catalysts and Operationalising Theory in Practice
by Yusef Bakkali Life as an academic can be a lonely and alienating calling at the best of times; lots of time spent inside one’s own head reflecting on a world playing out someplace beyond the indiscernible turrets and bulwarks… Read More ›
The strange new death of neoliberalism?
Is neoliberalism dying? Neoliberalism has been a much debated topic in sociology and other disciplines in recent years. It has been applied to a wide array of topics with claims of neo-liberalisation of education, healthcare and young academics. There is a… Read More ›
An exciting new journal: Frontiers in Sociology
A really exciting launch: Frontiers in Sociology: Frontiers in Sociology is a new peer-reviewed, open-access journal launched in February 2016. The first social-sciences journal of the “Frontiers in” series, Frontiers in Sociologywill foster cross-disciplinary work as well as fairness, transparency,… Read More ›
The School of Life Does Sociology
An interesting series of Sociology videos from The School of Life:
Sociology and Fiction: a @thesocreview Special Feature
I think this is come out really well. Get in touch if you’d like to contribute something further: Imagining Futures: From Sociology of the Future to Future Fictions The Future Perfect Writing Fiction and Writing Social Science Life Chances: Co-written… Read More ›
Sociology 50th Anniversary e-Special Issues and Podcasts
An e-Special and series of podcasts to highlight the 50th anniversary of Sage’s journal Sociology: Read the e-Special Issues* Social Class and Sociology: The State of the Debate Between 1967 and 1979 Louise Ryan, Middlesex University, UK and Claire Maxwell,… Read More ›
What does integrity mean in a digital age? Self-branding, promotion and why Mark Zuckerberg probably doesn’t like you
An extract from Social Media for Academics by Mark Carrigan As a teenager I was captivated by Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. I’d enjoyed fiction prior to this but there was a certain quality to the story that left it… Read More ›
Bruno Latour on the relationship between Philosophy and Social Sciences
A thought provoking extract from the dialogue between Bruno Latour and Graham Harman transcribed in The Prince and the Wolf: Latour and Harman at the LSE, pg 46: So if you are a pragmatist, it doesn’t mean there are a… Read More ›
Our most popular posts of 2015
How to write a good sociology essay (and not panic) The private eye’s guide to being a plain speaking politician Charles Wright Mills’ Sociological Imagination and why we fail to match it today Charlie Hebdo: #JesuisCharlie ou Non? 40 reasons… Read More ›
Calling PhDs & ECRs: @thesocreview conference funding competition is now open!
The Sociological Review has launched the next round of its support scheme for unfunded PhDs and ECRs. Find out more and apply here: We are pleased to announce our latest round of funding, supported by The Sociological Review Foundation. Funds… Read More ›
Towards a sociology of human flourishing
From this interesting interview with Phil Gorski on The Imminent Frame: That would certainly be a hope of mine, and it’s something that I’ve been thinking about a great deal lately, whether there’s a limited kind of moral realism that we could… Read More ›
What are your favourite Sociology books of 2015?
Taking the lead from Brain Picking’s list of the best science books of 2015, we’d like to hear from you about your favourite Sociology books of the year. Let us know in the comments box or tweet them to me… Read More ›
Call for proposals: @thesocreview seminar competition
The Board of The Sociological Review are pleased to announce that the journal is sponsoring a single-themed Research Seminar Series (which may consist of three or more research seminars) as well as three One Day Symposia events. The Board hopes to make… Read More ›
Call for Proposals: Sociological Futures Series
A new initiative undertaken by Routledge in collaboration with the BSA. Some of the initial books look excellent. Find out more here: Call for Proposals: Sociological Futures Series – in collaboration with the BSA Sociological Futures aims to be a… Read More ›
The 2015/16 @sociowarwick seminar series
This year’s seminar series in the Sociology department at Warwick looks like an interesting mix:
Workshop and Symposium: The Question of the Human in Social Theory and Social Research
25th November 2015, 11:00 to 17:00 WT0.05, University of Warwick This workshop and symposium will explore the, mostly implicit, conceptions of the human, humanity and human nature that underpin various contemporary conceptions of social life. In the context of much-publicised post-human… Read More ›
Philip Abrams Prize 2016 – Nominations Open
Nominations are now being sought for the BSA Philip Abrams Memorial (PAM) Prize 2016. The PAM prize is awarded to the best first and sole-authored book within the discipline of Sociology published between 1st December 2014 and 30th November 2015. The winner of… Read More ›
The case for a philosophical sociology
by Daniel Chernilo (featured in the newsletter of the European Sociological Association, Summer 2015 Issue 38) In this short intervention, I offer a plea for sociology’s reengagement with philosophy. To be sure, the extent to which their ties have severed… Read More ›
Our most popular posts this month
A feminist leaves the neoliberal university Congrats, you did not cite any feminist work! CfP: Beyond the Master’s Tools Connected and disconnected writing The place of sociology in the Second Machine Age The Fetishisation of Intelligence Under Neoliberalism PREVENT will… Read More ›
Sociology Associate Board – Call for Applications
Sociology Associate Board Recruitment Deadline: Tuesday 18 August 2015 We are seeking 8 new members to join the Sociology Associate Board, from mid-October 2015 until July 31 2018. Sociology relies on its peer reviewers to maintain high quality scholarship. Alongside the work of members… Read More ›
The Power of Perception: Common Sense or Nonsense
(HT Robert MacDonald)
Committing Sociology: open-access essays from @TheSocReview
For the last few months, I’ve been curating a series of essays for The Sociological Review’s website, reflecting on the future of the discipline and related issues. Here are the initial essays: Sociology’s Dual Horizons by David Beer Are We… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Issues of Power in Social Research
8TH ENQUIRE CONFERENCE: ISSUES OF POWER IN SOCIAL RESEARCH To colleagues who have submitted abstracts for the 8th Enquire Conference – many thanks. Speaking with a number of colleagues, however, we are aware that there are some who were eager to submit… Read More ›
The Sociological Review’s Early Career Researchers Event: Working Outside of Academia
The Sociological Review’s Early Career Researchers Event: Working Outside of Academia Organised by The Sociological Review Early Career Researcher team For those with a background in social science, career paths do not always followed a straight forward traditional academic trajectory…. Read More ›
The Sociology of Human Trafficking
Margaret Archer, Douglas Porpora and Pierpaolo Donati talking about the sociology of human trafficking at this event organised by the EndSlavery campaign and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences:
Sociologist Considers Own Behavior Indicative Of Larger Trends
Funny but potentially painful reading at the Onion. Read it in full here: According to the findings of a paper published Monday in The American Journal Of Sociology, the behaviors and experiences of Boston sociologist Dr. Stephen Piers are indicative… Read More ›
The most popular posts on The Sociological Imagination this week
The new Apple Watch and the problem of our creeping connectivity How to live tweet effectively at academic conferences The ten habits of failed grant proposal writers Girlhood in Post-Socialist Times The gloomy digital sociology of Zygmunt Bauman The busy… Read More ›